You’ll learn how to identify the gender of a Hindi noun. You’ll also learn to use singular and plural nouns in Hindi.
A Hindi noun is either masculine or feminine. Unlike English, Neuter gender does not exist in Hindi.
We will learn nouns in Hindi using two Hindi nouns
1) लड़का (ladkaa) = a boy
2) लड़की (ladkee) = a girl.
If you carefully observe the first word : लड़का (ladkaa) , it ends with the sound of -aa (आ). Generally, the nouns ending with the sound of -aa are Masculine nouns
For example : कुत्ता(kutta)=Dog , घोडा(ghoda)= Horse, राजा (raajaa)=King are all masculine nouns
The second word लड़की (ladkee) ends with the sound of -ee(इ). The nouns generally ending with the sound of -ee are Feminine Nouns
For example : कुत्ती(kuttee)=Bitch, घोड़ी(ghodee)= Mare (Female Horse), रानी (Raani)=Queen are all feminine nouns.
Now let us see how to make a singular noun into a plural noun.
Masculine nouns ending with the sound of -aa(आ) take the sound of -e(ए) at the end.
For example
Singular | Plural |
लड़का (ladkaa) | लड़के (ladke) |
कुत्ता (kuttaa) | कुत्ते (kutte) |
घोडा (ghodaa) | घोड़े (ghode) |
राजा (rajaa) | राजे(raaje) |
Feminine nouns ending with the sound of –ee(इ) take the sound of -eenyaa(ईंया) at the end.
Singular | Plural |
लड़की(ladkee) | लडकीयाँ (ladkeeeya) |
घोडी (ghodee) | घोड़िया (ghodeeyaa) |
रानी (raanee) | रानीया (raaneeyaa) |
Identify the gender
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How come a gaadi is captioned FEMININE and Sona is capitoned MASCULINE , is there any justification behind this ?
wow so its just that simple? :O im impressed! i love hindi
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Thank you so much for this website. I really feel I am learning a lot, but what do several of the words mean from the identify gender
I had 7 out of 7 right
Some words did not have the translation
Can you please let us know
good!!really helpful
i have a doubt.
“plural of ladkee is ladkiyaa
not ladkeeyaa” right?
please i need your help for English larn speck
It s not ladkeeyaan! It should be corrected as Ladkiyaan
It’s just wow.. awesome